Wednesday, August 14, 2013

I’ve been a loyal fan of
Richelle Mead since The Vampire Academy series and this new series did not let
me down. The setting for this series is in the future after religious
extremists nearly wipe out all of humanity. Now all religious factions and
supernatural claims are monitored and investigated by servitors. One such
servitor, Justin March, is sent into exile after failing at his job. Now he is
being recalled and Mae Koskinen, an enhanced soldier, is sent to bring him back
to help solve a string of ritualistic murders which turns into so much more
than the two may be able to handle.

In typical Mead fashion we
have very fleshed out characters, even the minor ones. Her characters are not
perfect and in fact are extremely flawed. Justin is an alcoholic and a druggy
and loves to smoke and Mae has severe control issues. The future world that
Mead has created isn’t too far out of my comfort zone and I could picture what
she wrote. One thing that is obvious is that these Gods need people to worship
them and since they aren’t getting it they are going to act out and make sure
someone notices.

From page one I was absorbed
into this world and I look forward to the next installment. Since The Gameboard
of Gods focused more on the development of the characters I do hope the next
one has more of a storyline. Well worth the read and definitely different than
anything she has written before and is catered towards adults and for people
with an open mind (and don’t compare this to her Vampire Academy series).